William B. Thorne

Curriculum vitae

PDF forthcoming

Education

Ph.D., Economics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York2026

M.Phil., Economics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York2021

M.A., Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst2016

B.A., Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst2015

Dissertation: Second Generation Rent Control and New Construction. Committee: Matthew Baker (advisor and chair), Christos Giannikos, Jonathan Conning.

Fields

Applied Microeconomics, Urban Economics, Spatial Economics, Real Estate Economics, Political Economy

Papers

Job market paper. Second-Generation Rent Control and New Housing Construction: Evidence from Oregon's SB 608

Working papers. By Generation and by Design: A Review of the Empirical Rent Control Literature; State Preemption of Rent Control: Adoption, Diffusion, and Effects on Housing Supply

Other. “The Government’s Share of Health Expenditure: Effects on Life Expectancy & Healthcare Cost Efficiency,” Massachusetts Undergraduate Journal of Economics, 2014.

Teaching experience

Adjunct Lecturer, Liberal Studies, New York UniversityAugust 2024 – Present

Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College, CUNYAugust 2017 – June 2024

Teaching Assistant, Barnard CollegeAugust 2018 – December 2021

Adjunct Lecturer, Baruch College, CUNYJanuary 2019 – May 2020

Adjunct Lecturer, Lehman College, CUNYJanuary – December 2025

Teaching Assistant, Hunter College, CUNYSeptember – December 2016

Research experience

Research Assistant, Course Development, CORE Economics Education (Columbia University and Barnard College)January – June 2020

Research Assistant, University of Massachusetts AmherstJanuary 2014 – May 2016

Honors and awards

Excellence in Teaching Award, Koppelman School of Business, Brooklyn College2022, 2024

Tuition Fellowship, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Sallie Mae Fund Student Fellowship Award, Ph.D. Program in Economics, The Graduate Center, CUNY2018

Professional memberships

Technical skills

Proficient in R, Stata, LaTeX, and Python.

Citizenship: United States. References are listed on the PDF version.